Psychology
School of Life and Health Sciences
Aston University
Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
Lecturer on the Psychology Teaching Programme
PG Programme Director- MRes Nutrition and Behaviour
Member of the Health and Human Development Research Group
Career History
- 2001-current Lecturer, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University
- 2001- current External Examiner, Birmingham University, Westhill College
- 1999-2000 Research Psychologist, Unilever Research.
- 1990-1999 Research Psychologist, Institute of Food Research, Reading
- 1987-1990 PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Reading
- 1994-96 Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
- 1996-97 Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University College, London: Dept of Epidemiology and Public Health
Current Research Interests
Research interests include stress and cognition, cognition and emotion, dieting, depression and anxiety and the psychology of eating behaviour.
Publications
Refereed Journals: Published or in press
Elliman, N.A., Adjamian, P., Green, M.W., Furlong, P.F. & Kretsch, M.J. (submitted). Relationship between iron and zinc status and neuropsychological function in individuals with marginal iron status. Lancet Neurology
Adjamian, P., Furlong, P. L., Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., Holliday, I. E., Hillebrand, A., Barnes, G. R. & Kretsch, M. J. (submitted). Induced gamma oscillations in the fronto-parietal cortices mediate vigilance. NeuroImage
Elliman, N. A., Green, M. W. & Kretsch, M. J. (submitted). The relative power of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ) restraint scale and Revised Restraint Scale, (RRS) scores in predicting successful or unsuccessful weight loss. Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Krestch, M. J., Green, M. W. & Elliman, N. A. (submitted). Changes in iron homeostasis and cognitive function as a result of supervised and unsupervised dieting. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A. & Kretsch, M. J. (2005). Weight loss strategies, stress and cognitive function: Supervised versus unsupervised dieting. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 30, 908-918. View full text pdf.
Green, M. W., Jones, A. D., Smith, I. D., Cobain, M. R., Williams, J. M. G., Healy, H., Cowen, P. J., Powell, J. & Durlach, P. J. (2003). Impairments in working memory associated with naturalistic dieting in women: No relationship with urinary 5-HIAA levels? Appetite, 40, 145-153. View full text pdf.
Waters, H. & Green, M. W. (2003). A demonstration of attentional bias, using a novel dual task paradigm, towards clinically salient material in recovering alcohol abuse patients. Psychological Medicine, 33, 491-498.
Gibson, E. L. & Green, M. W. (2002). Nutritional influences on cognitive function: Mechanisms of susceptibility. Nutrition Research Reviews, 15, 169-206. View full text pdf.
Williams, J. M. G, Healy, H., Eade, J. E., Windle, G, Cowen, P. J., Green, M. W. & Durlach, P. (2002). Mood, eating behaviour and attention. Psychological Medicine, 32, 469-481.
Green, M. W., Taylor, M. A., Elliman, N. A. & Rhodes, O. (2001). Placebo expectancy effects In the relationship between glucose and cognition. British Journal of Nutrition, 86, 173-179.
Green, M. W., Rogers, P. J. & Elliman, N. A. (2000) Dietary restraint and addictive behaviours: The generalisability of Tiffany’s (1990) cue reactivity model. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 27, 419-427. View full text pdf.
Wardle, J., Rogers, P. J., Judd, P., Taylor, M. A., Rapoport, L., Green, M. & Nicholson-Perry, K. (2000). Randomised trial of the effects of cholesterol-lowering dietary treatment on psychological function. American Journal of Medicine, 108, 547-553.
Green, M. W., Corr, P. & De Silva, M. S. L. (1999). Impaired colour-naming of body shape related words in anorexia nervosa: Affective valence or associative priming? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 23, 413-422.
Kretsch, M. J., Fong, A. K. H., & Green, M. W., (1999). Behavioral and body size correlates of energy intake under reporting by normal-weight and obese women. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 99, 300-306. View full text pdf.
Elliman, N. A., Green, M. W. & Wan, W. K. (1998). Gender differences in colour-naming performance for gender specific body shape images. Eating and Weight Disorders, 3, 17-24.
Green, M. W., Wakeling, A., Elliman, N. A. & Rogers, P. J. (1998). Impaired colour-naming of clinically salient material as a measure of recovery in anorexia nervosa. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 26, 53-62.
Green, M W. & Rogers, P. J. (1998). Impairments in working memory associated with spontaneous dieting behaviour. Psychological Medicine, 28, 1063-1070.
Green, M. W., & Rogers, P. J. (1998). Lexical decision times for body shape words as a function of dietary restraint. Eating and Weight Disorders, 2, 188-195.
Kretsch, M. J., Fong, A. K. H., Green, M. W., & Johnson, H. L. (1998). Cognitive function, iron status and haemoglobin concentration in obese dieting women. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 52, 512-518.
Elliman, N. A., Green, M. W., Rogers, P. J. & Finch, G. M. (1997). Processing efficiency theory and the working memory system; Impairments associated with sub-clinical anxiety. Personality and Individual Differences, 23, 31-35. View full text pdf.
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A. & Rogers, P. J. (1997). Impaired cognitive processing in dieters: Failure of attentional focus or resource capacity limitation? British Journal of Health Psychology, 2, 259-267.
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A. & Rogers, P. J. (1997). The effects of food deprivation and incentive motivation on blood glucose levels and cognitive function. Psychopharmacology, 134, 88-94.
Green, M. W, Elliman, N. A., Rogers, P. J. , & Welch, D. A. (1997). Impaired colour-naming of food and body shape words: Weight phobia or distinct affective state? International Journal of Eating Disorders, 21, 77-83. View full text pdf.
Kretsch, M. J., Green, M. W., Fong, A. K. H., Elliman, N. A., & Johnson, H. L, (1997). Cognitive effects of a long-term weight reducing diet. International Journal of Obesity, 21, 14-21.
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., & Rogers, P. J. (1996). Hunger, caloric preloading and the selective processing of food and body shape words. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 35, 143-151
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., Wakeling, A. & Rogers, P. J. (1996). Cognitive function, weight change and therapy in anorexia nervosa. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 30, 410-410.
Green, M. W. & McKenna, F. P. (1996). Self-focused attention and the processing of threat related information. European Journal of Social Psychology, 26, 1007-1010.
Green, M. W., & McKenna, F. P. (1996). Making semantic judgements about affectively valanced words: A new test of processing bias in anxiety? Personality and Individual Differences, 20, 429-436.
Green, M. W., Rogers, P. J., & Hedderley, D. (1996). The time course of mood induced decrements in colour-naming of threat related words. Current Psychology, 14, 350-358.
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., & Rogers, P. J. (1995). A lack of effect of short-term food deprivation on cognitive function. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 29, 245-253.
Green, M. W. & Rogers, P. J. (1995). Impaired cognitive function during spontaneous dieting. Psychological Medicine, 25, 1003-1010.
Green, M. W., Rogers, P. J., & Elliman, N.A. (1995) Change in affective state assessed by colour-naming of threat related words. Current Psychology, 14, 222-232.
Green, M. W., McKenna, F. P., & De Silva, M. S. L. (1994). Habituation patterns to colour-naming of eating related stimuli in anorexics and non-clinical controls. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 33, 499-508.
Green, M. W., Rogers, P. J., Elliman, N. A., & Gatenby, S. J. (1994) Impairment of cognitive processing associated with dieting and high levels of dietary restraint. Physiology and Behaviour, 55, 447-452.
Lloyd, H. M., Green, M. W., & Rogers, P. J. (1994). Cognitive performance and mood effects of iso-caloric lunches differing in fat and carbohydrate content. Physiology and Behaviour, 56, 51-57.
Green, M. W., & McKenna, F. P. (1993). Developmental onset of eating related colour-naming interference. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 13, 391-397.
Green, M. W., & Rogers, P. J. (1993). Selective attention to food and body-shape words in dieters and restrained non-dieters. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 14, 515-517.
Rogers, P. J., Edwards, S., Green, M. W. & Jas, P. (1993). Influences on mood and cognitive performance: The menstrual cycle, caffeine and dieting. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 51, 343-351.
Rogers, P. J., & Green, M. W. (1993). Dieting, dietary restraint and cognitive performance. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 32, 113-116.
Conference proceedings
Green, M. W, Elliman, N. A., & Kretsch, M. J. (2004). Effects of supported versus unsupported dieting on stress and cognition. Appetite, 43, 113.
Elliman, N. A., Green, M. W., & Rogers, P. J. (1999). Cognitive function deficits associated with food deprivation: The effects of blood glucose levels and incentive motivation. Appetite, 32, 283-284.
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., & Rogers, P. J. (1999). Cognitive processing deficits associated with spontaneous dieting: A deficit in working memory related to the stress of dieting and not disordered physiology. Appetite, 32, 285
Rogers, P. J., Elliman, N. A., Dernoncourt, C., Robelin, M., & Green, M. W. (1999). Caffeine, its impact on beverage consumption and performance efficiency in everyday life. Appetite, 32, 290-291.
Waters, H. & Green, M. W. (1999). Investigating cognitive biases in eating disorders: Validation of a novel task paradigm. Appetite, 33, 255.
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., & Rogers, P. J. (1998). Working memory impairments associated with dieting. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 6, 70.
Elliman, N. A., Green, M. W., Rogers, P. J. & Finch, G M. (1997). Processing Efficiency Theory and the working memory system: The role of anxiety. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 5, 125.
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., Wakeling, A. & Corr, P. (1997). Colour-naming of clinically salient words by anorexics: Effects of clinical change and associative priming. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 5, 126-127.
Green, M. W., Wakeling, A., De Silva, M. S. L., Corr, P. & Elliman, N. A. (1997). The modified Stroop task and anorexia nervosa; Measurement of clinical change and associative priming. Proceedings of the V European Congress of Psychology.
Kretsch, M. J., Fong, A. K. H., & Green, M. W., (1997). Correlates of over- and under-reporting of energy intakes in healthy normal-weight and obese women using estimated food records. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 65 (suppl), S1304-S1305.
Kretsch, M.J., Green, M.W., Fong, A.K.H. & Johnson, H.L. (1997). Cognitive effects of a long-term weight reducing diet. FASEB Journal, 11, 3303
Kretsch, M.J., Green, M.W., Fong, A.K.H. & Johnson, H.L. (1996). Cognitive task performance is an early indicator of developing borderline haemoglobin concentration in dieting women. FASEB Journal, 10, A292.
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., & Rogers, P. J. (1995). Does missing a meal affect cognitive function. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 3, 121
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., & Rogers, P. J. (1995). Cognitive impairments associated with spontaneous dieting: The story so far. Proceedings of the IV European Congress of Psychology
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., Wakeling, A., & Rogers, P. J. (1995). The effects of therapy and weight gain on the cognitive function of anorexia nervosa patients. Proceedings of the IV European Congress of Psychology
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., & Rogers, P. J. (1994). Does short term food deprivation affect cognitive function? Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 53, 240A
Green, M. W. & Rogers, P. J. (1994). Impaired cognitive functioning during dieting. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 2, 49.
Green, M. W., & Rogers, P. J. (1993) Poorer cognitive performance associated with dieting and high levels of dietary restraint. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 52, 31 A
Green, M. W., & Rogers, P. J. (1993). Colour-naming impairments of food and body shape words in dieters and restrained non-dieters. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 1, 23.
Lloyd, H. M., Green, M. W., Rogers, P. J., Mela, D., & Walker, A. F. (1993). The acute effects of lunches of differing fat and carbohydrate content on mood and cognitive performance. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 52, 32A
Green, M. W. & Rogers, P. J . (1992) Induced mood changes and colour-naming of mood-related words. International Journal of Psychology, 27, p. 190
Invited extended abstracts
Green, M. W., Elliman, N. A., Wakeling, A. & Rogers, P. J. (1997). Cognitive function, weight change and therapy in anorexia nervosa. Psychiatry Digest, 4, 16-17.
Book chapters
Gibson, E. L. & Green, M. W. (2005). Nutritional influences on human behaviour. In Caballero, B, Allen, L., & Prenctice, A. (eds) The Encyclopaedia of Human Nutrition, Second Edition, Oxford: Elsevier
Green, M. W. (2001). Dietary restraint and food craving. In M. J. Hetherington(ed.).Food Craving and Addiction, Leatherhead: Leatherhead Food RA
Rogers, P. J., Green, M. W. & Edwards, S. (1994). Nutritional influences on mood and cognitive performance; Their Measurement and Relevance to Food Acceptance. In H. J. H. MacFie & D. M. H. Thomson (eds.), Measurement of Food Preference, London: Chapman and Hall
Technical reports
Buckley, P. & Green, M. W. (1993). Micro Experimental Laboratory (MEL): A review. The Psychologist, 6, 271-272.
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